U.S. Women's History: Untangling the Threads of Sisterhood

by Danielle L. McGuire

Book Overview

In the 1970s, feminist slogans proclaimed "Sisterhood is powerful," and women's historians searched through the historical archives to recover stories of solidarity and sisterhood. However, as feminist scholars have started taking a more intersectional approach--acknowledging that no woman is simply defined by her gender and that affiliations like race, class, and sexual identity are often equally powerful--women's historians have begun to offer more...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813575834
• ISBN13: 9780813575834
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 16 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 11 and higher